Article: Grainger Announces Acquisition of Imperial Supplies, LLC.

CHICAGO, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grainger , North America's leading broad line distributor of facilities maintenance products, today announced it has signed and closed an all cash acquisition of Imperial Supplies, LLC from American Capital, Ltd. . No other terms of the agreement were disclosed. Grainger anticipates the transaction should be accretive to earnings by $.03-$.05 a share in 2010 including product and transportation cost savings.

Imperial is a national distributor of quality maintenance products and aftermarket components for the vehicle and fleet industry. The company has built its strong reputation by offering customers highly efficient ...

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